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nir-MEL s. WHIT'iENHALL, on ST. LoU1Sf,'MieSoUR Leim-e Paten: ne. 75.019, and inform 2e, 186s,`

maniement' in PORTABLE BUILDINGS.

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Be it'kiionjntliet LDANIEL S. Wsxmnnnum, -oi St. Louis, county of St. Louis, und State-.ef Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Permanent nud Portable Buildings, of which the following is e full, clear, und exactV description, rei'erence being bad to thonnexed drawing, making apart oi this speciliention, in nhich? Y Fignxje 1- epresente el perspective elevation ofmy inventon. Figure 2 represents a. plan of tbe licor-frame. :Figure 3`represente' on end view of tlile'oor'rame. 'Figure 4 representen treneveree sectional elevation of my invention. Figure 5 represente one of my'boxes, hereinafter described., Figure Sxepr'sents one of tbe sides, ends, floors, or port of the roof of my building folded up. Eigute 7 represents an inside view of one of the sides, ends, floors, or portion of the' roof of my building.

Figure 8 represents a sectional elevation oi the gable-erld of my invention. Siiiler lettere indicnte like parte.

I Myi'nventio' contemplateeo. permanent or portable building,` sooonstruoted as to be easily transported endfreaily put together or taken apart.

^ I take tnfo joints, a args. 2, 3, and4, tbe inside length of the ,building desiredto be erected, 'and into' these I mortise Yby n'plnin mortise as many cross-jfoists b b La, &c.,f g. 2, bw, ge. 3 and 4, ne may be nenes. ery to give suiiicient strength to the door. I then run through these io'rix-odsc c. e", ge. 2, 3, and 4, )if ing l"bends, senile tbepoints nrejiroyided with nuts d d d, igJQVb/y means of gbicb the whole'may b e made rigid;1 This makes' tl-ieoorfreme'for either door, both bein'g'eonstrnted precisely alike, the lower fname restingupon two sills running the whole .length of tbe house. I then ineke the oo ot common dressed and matched flooring, running lengthwise of the building, in two oimore sections, each section'being divided, ns'eilown in gn, end

' united by strong strnp-bnges e el e, 36e., placed on tbe under eide, as shown Bettens pass 'across the floors,

as seen in fig. T, they beingso disposed ne to fall betweenthe joists of the iiorffrnme. The sides und ends of tlie house, and oleo the roof, A:informatie in the seme manner, in sections, enel: section beingdivided, und the parte united by hinges and, strengthened by battons, es lrendy deecribed. In oneeide suitable openings are left for tbelivindon'e and doors,^os eeen ,in iig. 1. The gable 5A, g. l, is mede begrote, end from one jaiecby itself'. Hoving arranged tbe flooring cu .the frame,'the rods nre then tightened, and one section el the sida being raised, ie fastened toi't by menns'of angle-irons ig. '4, one and of tbe iron being screwed 'to the ilooranzi the other'to e bottom): ki, iig. 4', attached to the side and resting on the floor-frame. -l tbe house has n second etoiy, ythe floor-'freine of same will rest on battons k2 ic, fastened to'tlxe6 sides of the building, and these sides will' in turn bo united lo-'this door angle-irons 11,2 Then the `,gable the ends and other side of the building lm'vinig beelirni'eed and 'feste-led inthe moiineiydoqcfribed, iepnt in place. This gable hoe its lower edge bevelled, :ist seen'nt l, iig. 8,"to correspond with vtliee-k-beve'llingm on. the end of the house, AIt* 'also has bnttening n runliirigroixnd its entire inner elige, Yin ,suoli nponnerthat the seme will reet on the betten n, proa jecting' a. little above' 'the end of the house, und form :L close joint 4tlirtmgliout its entire length, e'octuelly excluding oil. ond mater-.f -The gable is then sooured by sirops p, fastened to both batterie; The ridg'efpole t", fig. 8is-'tben plnc'ed en tbe'rgebleeite tenons-resting in suiteblermortisee in the battens ofY the gables', and secured by :ingle-irons.4 The roof, having bdttens ki la Ica H along its edges, so berelled as to lit snugly egbnst theedcs of thobuildng, and oleo against-tbe 'ridge-pole, ie then pnt on and secured by sngledrone h hi, if,

i 5g; 4, tile batterie Ic it", on ,tbe edge-of the roof, i'esting on tbe bettene ki k, on' ides of the building.' The inside onsings oi" tho doorsnnd windowsarc of the s'nme thickness ne -tbe sash and doors, and being bung with loose-joint wrought-iron ybltter, may be easily taken' oi when the building ie to be transported,

I- tiiejbuilding is {dbs prmenent, the verious parte may be fastened together by nails, and the hinges and nenrly alltbe anglo-irons may be dispensed with, butotherwse, screws or keys o f'preciselythe same size and inbope will bensed, andai! tbe irons will .be ex'nctly alike. 'When it is desired to inove the building' from one pince to another, the :ingle-irons, straps, und iloorfrods being removed, the dobbiamo, by reason of being put together with plain m'vortisves, may eusily be knocked apart and made into c compact bundle, while the sectionsI of the sides," mls,ilooring, und roof muy either hc folded up, as shown in fig. 6, or made into boxes, W, iig. 5,1!

AIn orden` to form those boxes, Ibnve square pieces of wood, s a', iig. 5, to form the ends, these being securedby hooks and staples rou the inside, `assisted by the battonsof the section against which they press. In order 'to melee the building perfectly tight, it muy be bzittened on tho outside in the usual manner.

The advantages vof? this modeof constructionure obvioumfsince by it-n building cnn be trunsported at very small cost', all, the parts being so completely packed, through the peculiar arrangement of hinges, Snc, Y It can also be put together witboutthe `assistance of n mechanic, 'as all the irons, screws, die., being exactly alilre, no mistake curr urisein their use, und, when put together, itis, by reason of the-combination oi' irons, mortising, die., much more durable, and stronger'thun one constructed in the'usuul wny. Itscheapness is sfuiost importent feature, since, by this method, vall the p'arts being merlo bymnclinery, a. .building can be constructed at less thon two-:thirds the-cost of the old tray of building.

` what I cloim es my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, s 1. The combination of the rods c c c"',-nngle-irons h h la, die., strups p, hinges 'a ee, te., with the sections and battons of a portaible house, ns und for'the purpose specified.

j 2. '.llbe construction of a-porteble or permanent building, substantially ns shown and specified.

, D. S. WHITTENHALL. Witnesses t f- 'Smn S. Born,

Hmm? GAMER., 

